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Africa Cross Border Road Freight Transport Market Report Overview
The Africa cross border road freight transport market was valued at USD 10.20 Billion in 2025. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.30% during the forecast period of 2026-2035 to reach a value of USD 15.54 Billion by 2035. Growing intra-African trade, expanding regional infrastructure projects, and increasing implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area are driving the overall growth in the market. Consistent improvements in transport corridors and trade facilitation measures are expected to reinforce market development over the forecast period.
Key Market Trends and Insights
- South Africa is expected to record a CAGR of 5.3% over the forecast period, helped by a national budget that earmarked R402 billion for transport and logistics.
- The cross-border freight transport category is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 5.0% over the forecast period, since roads carry roughly 80% of all goods moved across the continent.
- Digital freight exchanges are anticipated to register a CAGR of 5.6% during the forecast period, as carriers race to cut border dwell times and empty backhaul kilometres.
Market Size and Forecast
- Market Size in 2025: USD 10.20 Billion
- Projected Market Size in 2035: USD 15.54 Billion
- CAGR from 2026 to 2035: 4.30%
Compound Annual Growth Rate
4.3%
Value in USD Billion
2026-2035
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Key Trends and Recent Developments
Africa’s cross border trucking sector is consolidating fast. Global forwarders are buying scale and planting offices along inland corridors, while the African Continental Free Trade Area steadily removes the tariff friction that once made regional haulage uneconomic. For carriers, the prize is obvious: intra-African freight demand could rise by roughly 28% before 2030, which by most estimates calls for around two million more trucks.
CEVA Logistics opened agencies in Conakry, Libreville and Pointe-Noire in May 2026, extending its inland corridor network. The company now serves 40 African countries with a direct presence in 23 of them across more than 60 locations.
DSV marked the go-live of its Schenker integration in South Africa in November 2025, onboarding every Schenker customer onto DSV systems. Site integrations followed in East London, with Gqeberha and Cape Town next in the roadmap.
DHL Group announced a multi-year investment above EUR 300 million in Sub-Saharan Africa in October 2025, spread across Express, Global Forwarding and Supply Chain. The programme explicitly supports AfCFTA goals and targets second cities emerging as demand centres.
DSV closed its EUR 14.3 billion purchase of Schenker from Deutsche Bahn on 30 April 2025, the largest deal in its history. The combined group turns over about EUR 41.6 billion with close to 160,000 staff across more than 90 countries.
Cross-border Freight Transport - Dominant Service Through Road’s Grip on African Trade
Cross-border freight transport is the dominant Africa cross border road freight transport service, because roads move roughly 80% of goods and 90% of passengers across the continent. International transportation management and freight forwarding follows, growing as forwarders bundle customs brokerage with haulage. International warehousing and logistics is expanding around bonded facilities near border posts.
Digital Freight Exchange - Fastest-Growing Platform Through Corridor Visibility Demand
Digital freight exchanges are the fastest-growing Africa cross border road freight transport platform. Egypt’s Trella pioneered cross-border freight digitisation, and shippers now expect live tracking as standard. Tender platforms remain the workhorse for large contracts. Specialised and generic marketplaces serve mid-tier shippers, while crowd shipping stays a niche last-mile play.
Manufacturing and Automotive - Dominant End Use Through AfCFTA Sourcing Shifts
Manufacturing and automotive is the dominant Africa cross border road freight transport end use, as manufacturers and agri-food processors are set to account for roughly half of intra-African flows in 2026, up from 46% a year earlier. Oil and gas, chemicals, agriculture, distributive trade and pharmaceutical cargo make up the balance.
South Africa - Dominant Region Through Corridor Density and Fleet Scale
South Africa is the dominant Africa cross border road freight transport region. Johannesburg anchors the Durban corridor and the routes into Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and the country’s 2025 budget set aside R402 billion for transport and logistics. DSV, Unitrans, Cargo Carriers and Super Group all operate from here.
Egypt and Nigeria - Significant Regions Through Investment and Corridor Projects
Egypt is a significant Africa cross border road freight transport region, with EgyptAir’s home market drawing USD 409 million of logistics start-up investment between 2020 and 2025. Nigeria attracted the most at USD 676 million, and the 1,028 km Abidjan to Lagos corridor highway has drawn over USD 15 billion in commitments. Algeria is growing steadily.
Africa Cross Border Road Freight Transport Market Segmentation
The ‘Africa Cross Border Road Freight Transport Market Report and Forecast 2026-2035’ by Expert Market Research offers analysis across the following segments:
Market Breakup by Service
- Cross-border Freight Transport
- International Transportation Management and Freight Forwarding
- International Warehousing and Logistics
Key Insight: Cross-border freight transport dominates the market, while international transportation management and freight forwarding is the fastest growing service.
Market Breakup by Platform
- Crowd Shipping Platform
- Digital Freight Exchange
- Specialised and Generic Marketplaces
- Tender Platform
Key Insight: Tender platforms hold the largest share, while digital freight exchanges grow fastest as shippers demand live corridor visibility.
Market Breakup by End Use
- Manufacturing and Automotive
- Oil and Gas
- Chemicals
- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry
- Distributive Trade
- Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
- Others
Key Insight: Manufacturing and automotive dominates, while pharmaceutical and healthcare is the fastest growing end use on cold chain demand.
Market Breakup by Region
- South Africa
- Egypt
- Nigeria
- Algeria
- Others
Key Insight: South Africa dominates and grows fastest, with Egypt and Nigeria the largest secondary markets and Algeria expanding steadily.
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Africa Cross Border Road Freight Transport Market Share
By Service, cross-border freight transport dominates because road carries the overwhelming majority of African cargo
Cross-border freight transport holds the largest Africa cross border road freight transport market share by service, since roads move roughly 80% of the continent’s goods. International transportation management and freight forwarding grows fastest, as shippers want brokerage, documentation and haulage from one provider. International warehousing and logistics expands around bonded facilities near busy border posts.
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By Platform, tender platforms hold the dominant share while digital freight exchanges grow fastest
Tender platforms command the largest Africa cross border road freight transport platform share, as large shippers still award corridor volume through structured bids. Digital freight exchanges grow fastest: Egypt’s Trella pioneered corridor digitisation, and border dwell times past 48 hours push operators towards matching and tracking tools. Crowd shipping and marketplaces stay niche.
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By End Use, manufacturing and automotive accounts for the dominant share as AfCFTA reshapes sourcing
Manufacturing and automotive takes the dominant Africa cross border road freight transport end use share. Manufacturing and agri-food processing should account for roughly half of intra-African flows in 2026. Oil and gas, chemicals, agriculture and distributive trade follow, while pharmaceutical and healthcare cargo grows quickest.
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Africa Cross Border Road Freight Transport Market Regional Analysis
South Africa is the dominant Africa cross border road freight transport market region.
Corridor density explains most of it. Johannesburg feeds the Durban port run and the long hauls into Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique, and the country hosts the continent’s deepest carrier bench, including DSV, Unitrans, Cargo Carriers, Value Logistics and Super Group. Government backing is real too: the 2025 budget earmarked R402 billion for transport and logistics. DSV’s Schenker integration went live nationally in November 2025.
Egypt and Nigeria are the largest secondary regions. Nigeria drew USD 676 million of logistics and transport start-up investment between 2020 and 2025, ahead of Egypt at USD 409 million and Algeria at USD 182 million, and the 1,028 km Abidjan to Lagos corridor highway has attracted more than USD 15 billion in commitments with construction slated from 2027. Sub-Saharan Africa led every world region for trade value growth in the first half of 2025, rising about 10% year on year.
Competitive Landscape
The Africa cross border road freight transport market is fragmented at the bottom and concentrated at the top. Thousands of small hauliers work single corridors, while a short list of global forwarders and large regional groups controls the contract logistics and long-haul volume that shippers actually tender.
Competition turns on border clearance speed, corridor coverage and fleet reliability rather than price alone. The DSV and Schenker merger, plus CEVA’s steady pan-African build-out, have raised the bar on network reach. Local operators counter with corridor knowledge, SHEQ credentials and sub-contractor networks that global players cannot easily replicate.
DSV Panalpina A/S
Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Hedehusene, Denmark, DSV is a global transport and logistics group operating across road, air, sea and contract logistics. It completed its EUR 14.3 billion acquisition of Schenker in April 2025, and the combined business now turns over roughly EUR 41.6 billion. DSV’s South African integration went live in November 2025.
Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Unitrans is a South African supply chain and transport specialist and a subsidiary of KAP Limited. It runs one of the largest commercial vehicle fleets on the continent, covering bulk liquid tanker work, agriculture, mining and consumer goods haulage. Its Lucerne Transport unit moves chemicals, lubricants, gases, edible oils and fuel across Southern African borders.
Deutsche Post AG
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Bonn, Germany, Deutsche Post AG trades as DHL Group and runs Express, Global Forwarding, Supply Chain and eCommerce divisions. In October 2025 it committed more than EUR 300 million to Sub-Saharan Africa, upgrading gateways, extending overland coverage into second cities, and backing AfCFTA-driven trade lanes.
Cargo Carriers (Pty) Limited
Established in 1956 and based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Cargo Carriers is an integrated supply chain and transport logistics provider listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange since 1987. It has built specialist cross-border capability across Sub-Saharan Africa, moving steel, fuel, mining products, gases and bulk cargo through an accredited sub-contractor network.
Other key players include CEVA Logistics, Value Logistics Limited, APM Terminals BV, Bidvest Group Limited, Biddulphs International, DPD Laser Express Logistics (Pty) Ltd, and Super Group Ltd., among others.
*Please note that this is only a partial list; the complete list of key players is available in the full report. Additionally, the list of key players can be customized to better suit your needs.*
Key Findings from the Africa Cross Border Road Freight Transport Market Report
- Detailed analysis of the Africa cross border road freight transport market from 2019 to 2035, covering service, platform, end use and regional dimensions
- Segment breakdowns across cross-border freight transport, international transportation management and freight forwarding, and international warehousing; crowd shipping, digital freight exchange, marketplace and tender platforms; seven end use verticals; and five regional markets
- Competitive benchmarking of DSV Panalpina A/S, Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions (Pty) Ltd, Deutsche Post AG and Cargo Carriers (Pty) Limited across Africa cross border road freight transport market positioning
- Analysis of the CEVA Logistics West African agency openings (May 2026), the DSV Schenker South Africa go-live (November 2025), the DHL Group EUR 300 million Sub-Saharan commitment (October 2025), and the DSV Schenker acquisition close (April 2025)
- Strategic insights for carriers, forwarders and investors on AfCFTA tariff liberalisation, corridor infrastructure finance, border dwell time reduction and digital freight adoption
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Key Questions Answered in the Report
The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 4.30% between 2026 and 2035.
The increasing intra-regional trade in Africa, consistent improvements in the transport sector, and the improving road conditions across African nations are the major drivers of the market.
The key trends in the market include reductions in mobility constraints for road transport operators and the rising FDI in the manufacturing sector.
The major countries included in the market report are South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, and Algeria, among others.
Cross-border freight transport, international transportation management and freight forwarding, and international warehousing and logistics are the different services offered by cross border road freight transport.
Crowd shipping platform, digital freight exchange, specialised and generic marketplaces, and tender platform are the major platforms of cross border road freight transport.
The various end uses of cross border road freight transport are manufacturing and automotive, oil and gas, chemicals, agriculture, fishing, and forestry, distributive trade, and pharmaceutical and healthcare, among others.
DSV Panalpina A/S, Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions (Pty) Ltd, Deutsche Post AG, Cargo Carriers (Pty) Limited, CEVA Logistics, Value Logistics Limited, APM Terminals BV, Bidvest Group Limited, Biddulphs International, DPD Laser Express Logistics (Pty) Ltd, and Super Group Ltd., among others, are the key market players.
In 2025, the Africa cross border road freight transport market reached an approximate value of USD 10.20 Billion.
The market is anticipated to maintain steady growth and attain approximately USD 15.54 Billion by 2035.
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| Historical Period | 2019-2025 |
| Forecast Period | 2026-2035 |
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